Definition of Embroidery

Embroidery

Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.

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Embroidery Quotations

Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
R. Buckminster Fuller

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.
Mao Tse-Tung

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.
Lynn Abbey

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Embroidery Translations

embroidery in German is Stickerei
embroidery in Norwegian is broderi
embroidery in Swedish is broderi

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